Working with tint boxes

…When you have more than one article on a page…or spread, consider putting these subsidiary articles, in tint boxes.…To differentiate them, from the main text.…Here I have two such boxes.…One on each page.…Let's take a closer look, at these boxes.…I'm going to open my layers panel now.…And, show just the layout that contains these tint boxes.…The first point I want to make is that we need…to use a typeface that contrasts with the main body text.…

Secondly, for the color of the tint, we need to make sure…that there's enough contrast between the text color and the background color.…The color that you choose for your tint boxes, is…a chance for you to repeat a signature color used elsewhere.…In this case, these boxes are a 20% tint…of this color up here, used for the department heads.…And I set this up on my swatches panel.…With these colors as a tint swatch of that parent color.…

Now as well as this being an application of our design, principle of repetition,…setting it up this way, also means that if you decide to change the parent color…

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7/3/2014

Many designers overlook the importance of composition—it's one of the tasks they do every day. But there are many techniques that you can use to help improve your designs at this fundamental level. Join designer Nigel French as he takes you through a series of real-world projects (business cards, magazines, posters, ads, and book covers) to help you improve your layout and composition skills with InDesign.